"All I heard was 'Ryan Murphy'. I didn't even hear 'OJ'. I was like, 'What do I need to do?'" he said.

But before landing multiple accolades for his role as the former athlete, Cuba received an Oscar in 1997 for best supporting actor for his portrayal of footballer Rod Tidwell in the Tom Cruise sports drama Jerry Maguire.

After that, he brought both his mum and his mother-in-law a house, but found himself having financial troubles despite his success.

He said: "I got to buy both my mom and my wife's mom a house. I was on private jets and I was doing the limos, and then, all of a sudden, I was broke again."

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